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Online Exclusive October 14, 2019

Anchors Solve Problems with Structural Tile Behind Face Brick Masonry

Frederick Douglass Academy VI (also known as FDA), is a co-educational public school for grades 6-12 located in Queens, N.Y. In 1991, Dr. Lorraine Monroe…

Home, Projects September 9, 2019

Harvard University Updates a Brutalist Structure Into a Campus Center That Also Supports the Wider Community

Designed as an administrative building by Josep Lluis Sert, dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, in 1958, Holyoke Center, a Brutalist building on…

Blog August 13, 2019

Maintaining Educational Facilities’ Exteriors Is Just as Important as Interiors

It’s back to school time and facility managers are busily preparing their buildings’ classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias and other interior spaces for the rush of students…

Online Exclusive May 6, 2019

Crews Restore and Waterproof the Facade of a Waterfront Skyscraper

Western Specialty Contractors restore and waterproof the facade of a downtown Manhattan waterfront skyscraper. Western Specialty Contractors, New York city metro branch, has completed a…

Projects November 12, 2018

Project Profiles: Retail & Mixed Use

85 UNION, Memphis, Tenn. Retrofit Team Architect and Interior Designer: Looney Ricks Kiss, Memphis Structural Engineer: Tom Robison & Associates Inc., Memphis, (901) 754-4411 Mechanical…

Component May 7, 2018

Uncover Diagnostic Tools for Facade Remediation and Retrofits so You Can Get the Help You Need

Exterior walls of your existing building are in need of some type of remediation or retrofit. They may be experiencing performance problems—perhaps air leaks, moisture…

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